25.1 Guided Notes The Land and The People

1. Besides Southwest Asia, what other part of the world is often considered to be part of the Middle East?

1. North Africa

2. What three continents comprise the Middle East?

2. Asia

2. Africa

2. Europe

3. Give three examples of cultural diffusion regarding the Middle East

3. Iron making, the alphabet and religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

4. List the features and resources of the Northern Tier:

Anatolian Plateau

Iranian Plateau

5. List the features and resources of the Arabian Peninsula

Arabian Peninsula

6. List the features and resources of the Fertile Crescent

Fertile Crescent

Tigris and Euphrates

Tigris River

Euphrates River

7. List the features and resources of the Nile Valley

Nile Valley

8. List the features and resources of the Maghreb

The Maghreb

9. Reason people have crowded into well watered areas

9. To irrigate and farm the land

10. Four resources found in the Middle East

10. Salt

10. Phosphate

10. Copper

10. Oil

11. Effect of uneven distribution of oil throughout the Middle East:

11. Economic inequality

11. Economic inequality

12. Term “Arabic” describes:

12. Anyone whose native language is Arabic

13. Three most prevalent religions of the Middle East

13. Islam

13. Christianity

13. Judaism